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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Number of Children at Home (8) and Census Family Structure (7) for the Census Families in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Forward Sortation Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Number of children at home (8) Census family structure (7)
Total - Census family structure Total couple families Married couple families Common-law couple families Total lone-parent families Female parent families Male parent families
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Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total - Families by number of children at home 1,850 1,515 1,400 120 330 250 80
Total families without children at home 485 485 400 80 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,370 1,035 995 35 335 255 75
1 child at home 625 390 385 10 235 160 75
2 children at home 515 435 420 15 80 70 10
3 or more children at home 230 210 190 20 20 20 0
Total children at home 2,395.0 1,945.0 1,835.0 105.0 455.0 370.0 80.0
Average number of children at home per family 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.1
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006008 (H4X, CodeH4X)